16,000 km in 60 days, in a time and in places where cars had never been seen before, where finding fuel was an arduous task and where even small repairs required huge efforts. Itala, the protagonist of that story, can now tell the deeds of prince Scipione Borghese, of the mechanic Ettore Guizzardi, and of Luigi Barzini, reporter sent by the newspaper Corriere della Sera. An unbelievable victory, with a 20-day advantage over the second place, in the Beijing-Paris motor race: the Italian automobile right on the world’s rooftop.
